2:09 PM,
Dec. 12, 2013

Tammy S. Kroemer

Written by

Mitchell Schmidt
Iowa City Press-Citizen

An Iowa City medical assistant has been accused of illegally obtaining hydrocodone by charging it to another person's account.

Iowa City Police say 38-year-old Tammy S. Kroemer, of West Branch, who at the time worked as a medical assistant with Steindler Orthopedic Clinic in Iowa City, entered Towncrest Pharmacy, 2306 Muscatine Ave., on July 3 and requested to pick up a prescription of hydrocodone and nine other prescriptions. Kroemer is no longer an employee at the Steindler clinic.

Kroemer charged the prescriptions to a victim's account, claiming to be the person's caretaker, police ...